Tomáš Břicháček
European law specialist Tomáš Břicháček regularly publishes articles on EU legislation and general policy issues linked to the question of European integration.
Updated: 6 December 2010
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By Tomáš Břicháček
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European institutions: Grand ideas and empty jargon
15 March 201318525 Revue Politika Brno -
Social issues: The counterproductive war on smokers
6 December 20103029 Revue Politika Brno
Each year the EU produces thousands of pages of reports, speeches and legislation designed to move the European project forward. They have one thing in common: a pompous language worthy of a regime lost in its own dogma, writes a Czech political scientist in Revue Politika. 
The European Commission is preparing a general ban on smoking in public areas. However, a Czech legal expert argues that the desire to legislate to improve public health could ultimately undermine civil liberties.